Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned abortion rights a year ago, I spoke with two leading LGBTQ family law experts about how LGBTQ families can protect themselves from the ruling’s impact. It’s still relevant, so I’m reposting it along with some new resources and information.
Rhode Island has enacted a law to establish a streamlined confirmatory adoption process, making it easier for LGBTQ parents to create secure legal ties to their children born through assisted reproduction.
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and Mombian have partnered to create “LGBTQ Paths to Parentage Security,” a resource for LGBTQ parents and others that answers frequently asked questions about how LGBTQ+ parents can ensure their child-parent relationships will be secure and recognized in every state.
This roundup is heavy on entertainment news—including the queer creators who are among the most powerful people in children’s media—as well as a few other stories I haven’t covered elsewhere.
I first wrote this in 2016, shortly after the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando that killed 49 mostly Latine, LGBTQ young people. Seven years later, I am reposting it as a reminder to remember, to teach, and to act.
The Rhode Island Senate voted unanimously yesterday to pass a bill that would streamline the process of confirmatory adoptions, ensuring that more LGBTQ families have access to this unfortunately necessary tool for securing our legal ties to our children.
For Earth Day (or any day), here are some LGBTQ-inclusive books that show how queer youth and youth with queer parents have played a part in fighting climate change, and that remind us of our connections with the natural world.
The Florida Board of Education has agreed to expand the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay/LGBTQ” law to all K-12 grades.
Listen to the silence. As part of a national student-led demonstration, youth from middle grades to college are choosing to remain silent today, the GLSEN Day of Silence, to protest the harm caused by harassment and discrimination towards LGBTQ people in schools.
Today is “Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) Day,” when families are encouraged to enjoy books together in honor of beloved author Beverly Cleary’s birthday. I’m therefore highlighting some chapter book series, since that was Cleary’s sweet spot—but these all have LGBTQ inclusion!
